A very fun list comes down the pike, courtesy of the Time Out New York’s film and theater critics: the top 25 Shakespeare film adaptations. As with all lists, the whole point is to elicit sputtering comments along the lines of “I can’t believe you missed this underrated masterpiece!” and “How dare you include this turkey?” Fine, I’ll take the bait.

But I’m bummed Grigori Kozintsev’s “King Lear” didn’t make the cut because I feel everybody should know about this masterpiece. Produced in the Soviet Union in 1971, it is one of the most visually striking movies of that period. Kozintsev worked from a translation by Boris Pasternak, and Dmitri Shostakovich’s score isn’t too shabby either. But what will stay with you are Kozintzev’s compositions: what an eye for scope and angles! And those crane shots!